Nikhil Anand

Experience

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  Ammunition Factory

  Oct 2002 - Dec 2007

  Technician

  • Understanding the need for a site survey ,Defining business requirements & justification, Facility analysis Interviewing network management & users, Identifying bandwidth requirements, Determining outline of Electrical supply and passive cable requirement , Documenting installation problems and Location feasibility.• Planning a computer network analyzing costs and needs of a company and then selecting the appropriate media (e.g., twisted-pair copper wire, coaxial cable, and fiber optic cable, wireless) for a given situation.• Recommend appropriate network addressing systems, appropriate layouts for various network configurations, and appropriate connection devices.• Implementing a network devices like switches , fiber modules and LAN extenders consists of installing, configuring, and resolving network issues Dealing with cables, especially in the connection ports; Cable Crimping• Administering and troubleshooting a network entails identifying and resolving network performance problems. • Monitoring network activity, diagnose the cause of glitches, network congestion, or packet loss.• Monitoring Trends and Performance and user related problems• Administration existing computer networks and troubleshoot problems as they arise. Show less

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  The digital group infotech

  Feb 2008 - May 2010

  Sr.Network Admin

  • Identify, understand and document our clients’ networking and outsourcing requirements; provide design support during the bid phase where required and post contract. Produce cost-effective technical solutions in order to achieve BT Global Services’ business objectives• Responsible for ensuring that the produced network designs are in alignment with networks strategy and are current and fit for purpose. Produce network design documents both High Level Designs (HLD) & Low Level Designs (LLDs) in accordance with the agreed network design architecture• Technical risk assessment in a proposed solution. Network design component pricing wherever required. Network implementation & support activities• Provide and drive complex, most critical and usually most costly network infrastructure solutions at both individual contribution & team level• Managing team of solutions engineers working on the development of relatively small network designs• Responsible for performance review and management of all direct reports, involved in overseeing performance and development of all technical staff within the portfolio & Coaching, mentoring & training of other Network Infrastructure Technologists in his/her area of expertise• Provide input to the recruitment of resources required to meet future demands for delivering against planned goals and objectives of Infrastructure. Show less

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  Mphasis

  May 2010 - Sept 2014

  Team Specialist

  Team leader to a group of professionals responsible for the day-to-day administration, support, and execution of various mission-critical technologies located within a local area network (LAN). Liaising with Service provider, vendors and peer infrastructure teams for technical solutions and implementations in enterprise network infrastructureAssist & coordinate with appropriate team (swift use of technical resource) in S1 and S2 problems or escalated calls to restore the impact immediately, along with root cause analysis & preventive action planEnsure audits and internal penetration testing / vulnerability testing results are within acceptable business limits and with Zero levels of High vulnerabilitiesPerform installation of hardware and implementation of software and review network management and monitoring tools. Adhere to Network policies as per ITIL and ISO 27001 processesCoordination and communication activities include, but are not limited to, managing a team of 7 responsible for various technologies that contributed to a 100 % successful change implementations in client NetworkAdditional responsibilities include, but are not limited to, change management, 2nd level support for general systems administration, as needed technical support and training of new technical professionals, documentation, and more. Show less

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  Vodafone

  Sept 2014 - Nov 2017

  Assistant Manager

  Accountable as SME of deployed network technology at operation IT infrastructure & manage TMS (technical management support) network function Interface with Solution team to provide technical input on existing infrastructure, analyse/review solution document, execute it for implementation, ensure transition/handover necessary documentation/training/skill upgrade for sustenance of solution in operation Assist & coordinate with appropriate team (swift use of technical resource)in S1 and S2 problems or escalated calls to restore the impact immediately, along with root cause analysis & preventive action plan Validate changes to firewall, VPN, routing and switching, UC, WLC/Wifi, IDP/IPS system& other network technology Capacity planning of IT network devices to ensure 24*7 available network, along with Availability Management& Event Management– ensure 24*7 monitoring of IT infrastructure, proactive monitoring to restore high availability of network & avoid/minimize impact, proactive forecast of capacity on the base of Capacity Report Review of Network IT infrastructure & highlight key finding which can result benefit to business/infrastructure Interface with principal vendors to analyse, track & review support mechanism Implementing best practices, Create SOPs for repeated tasks & automation, along with continual updating to Knowledge Management Work with Service Management Team, InfoSec Team& Network TMS Team, to identify, control & resolve key investigations, support SIP (System Improvement Plans) & ensure zero high severity security issue/audit points Understanding of ITIL oriented process framework is mandatory - Review MIS data & represent MIS dashboard in monthly review Support, coordinate & manage regular activity calendar/audit of IT Operation team / Infosec/ BCP team & legal to ensure necessary documentation, gap finding & closure Show less

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  Cognizant

  Nov 2017 - Oct 2019

  Service Delivery Manager

  Delivering Software Defined Data Centre (SDDC) engagements to VMware customers, with a focus on the use of VMware virtual networking tools (NSX) Participates in development of customer architectural strategies, including technology standardization, modernization and virtualization, with a focus in cloud and (hyper-) converged infrastructures (VxBlock 740). Automate network implementation, configuration and management  Deploy NSX Manager, NSX Controllers, host preparation, vxlan configuration, creation of Logical Switches, Edge Services Gateways & Distributed Logical Routers.  Integrating VMware NSX with VMware vRealize Log Insight  Install, configure and manage VMware NSX infrastructure, NSX integration with third-party products and services(VCloud Automation Center& CISCO ACI) &, Expand transport zone for Cross VCenter implementation  Management, administration, support and maintenance of the Vblock infrastructure.  Developing VMware VCenter and vROps reports for performance, troubleshooting and capacity planning.  Cisco UCS hardware including upgrading firmware and configuring all components and setting up system profiles. Utilize and manage ticketing system (Service Now).  Supporting the operations and maintenance of the VMware virtual infrastructure, including, but not limited to, VCenter Server Appliance, vRealize Operations Manager (vROps), vRealize Automation (vRA), vRealize Orchestrator(vRO), vRealize Business, ESXi, Update Manager and NSX.  Perform system administration and management duties for all virtual infrastructure systems and supporting physical infrastructure in all sites. Developing custom blueprints and workflows using NSX, vRA and vRO to automate and simplify tasks. creating and implementing workflows and blueprints for use with a VMware vRA solution (vRA, Orchestrator) Show less

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  IBM

  Nov 2019 - Aug 2021

  Cloud Integration Architect

  ▪ Develop architectures that support mandatory security, serviceability and monitoring required for IaaS solutions. Engage all stakeholders to gather requirements on network infrastructure to plan, design, install, test & implement systems in accordance with specifications & service level. Provide network consultancy services to customers for technical design formulation and clarifications▪ Computing and Cloud Computing Solutions providing High Performance Services with focus on one or more of: Knowledge of other Cloud Providers e.g. IBM, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or VMware▪ Analyze requirement and identify appropriate Cloud Platform products to use for popular architectural patterns. Designing, developing & deploying scalable applications that are deployed across regions, Micro services, Decoupling, Self-healing, Testing & Security compliance.▪ Cloud Management Platforms - Design and implement a robust cloud management implementation including orchestration and catalogue capabilities.▪ Compliance - Integrate compliance and data regulatory requirements into all solutions. Show less

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  Kyndryl

  Sept 2021 - now

  Offering Architect

  ▪ Interface to Clients and is responsible to develop convincing technical solutions. This requires consultant to work closely with Client for multiple participating IBM teams to architect the solution.▪ Dashboard Preparation and Presentations to the Management Team on the progress and status of various projects.Work closely with Account management, lead Architect, engineers, and partners to define a successful product roadmap. Organize Migration Discussions with the client, ensuring that projects and programs are performed on-time, and with high quality.▪ Provide architecting solutions from network perspective within Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, VMware NSX and Hybrid cloud environment.▪ Lead and Contribute to the design, development, and implementation of winning technical solutions for customers to introduce and establish new technology solutions into their business and business processes.▪ Should have experience in writing proposals, responding to RFPs, RFIs and quality client presentations. Work closely with OEMs and partners to support the development of winning solutions at optimum cost.▪ Effectively interface with Sales and bid-management teams. Show less